Harassment because of age is illegal under the Equality Act 2010.
The following are some examples of activities that might constitute harassment related to age:
The following are some examples of activities that might constitute harassment related to age:
- direct verbal abuse or comments about age that make a person feel uncomfortable, intimidated or degraded
- unjustified exclusion of a person because of their age ageist jokes
- using inappropriate language, related to age, to describe someone (e.g. ‘over the hill’, ‘wet behind the ears’)